The Army will begin limited use of horse-drawn caissons for funerals at Arlington National Cemetery the week of June 2.

Every monument in every cemetery represents a life, and every life deserves to be memorialized with dignity. One important ...

Virginia Wilson Perdue was born Nov. 16, 1945 to “Bob” and Pearlie Wilson. She had a brother Billy and a sister Vivian. She was raised in Bethel Methodist Church in a time when you went to church ...

“We regret when anyone loses their job, and it’s extraordinarily difficult for department leaders to make those types of decisions,” said VA press secretary Pete Kasperowicz. “But the ...

ARLINGTON, Va. (DC News Now) — Springtime in the DMV means it’s time for the beloved cherry blossoms to take over. The trees on the hallowed grounds of the Arlington National Cemetery have reached ...

Cortez was fired last month from his human resources job at the agency - one of about 2,400 employees who lost their jobs at Veterans' Affairs (VA) in the first wave of President Donald Trump's ...

In an interview with WTOP, U.S. Veterans Affairs Secretary Doug Collins defended the federal cuts that could lead to 80,000 VA employees being laid off. Veterans make up more than 25% of the VA ...

“I mean no disrespect to anyone, but VA should not be focused on helping veterans attempt to change their sex," VA Secretary Doug Collins said in a statement. "All eligible veterans ...

More than 400,000 people are buried at Arlington. The first military burial at the Virginia cemetery, operated by the U.S. Army, took place on May 13, 1864. Among the historical figures buried ...

The Department of Veterans Affairs building is seen in Washington, D.C., on July 22, 2019. (Photo by Alastair Pike/AFP via Getty Images) ...

of State’s Office, telling them that their “mother was deceived by an imposter posing as a representative of the Veteran’s Affairs cemetery where her late husband was to be buried.” ...